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  1. K

    The rewards of incest

    Abraham is supposedly rewarded for believing in God. Belief in God is a commandment given in Leviticus. Abraham followed all the biblical laws, even through they weren't introduced until Leviticus. Even Lot tried to follow a few biblical laws, including hospitality, despite the fact that the law...
  2. K

    About these prophecies

    Sounds to me like Dan's using the no true Scotsman fallacy. Dan, are you implying that the revelations you speak of are from the one true God and are the only true and divine revelations? Do you imply that all other revelations are in fact false or misguided human philosophies?
  3. K

    The rewards of incest

    Yes.... from a secular standpoint, I think the reasoning behind this had to do with preserving a clean bloodline. Only have sex with people who you know are safe - inbreeding is better than sexually transmitted diseases. To argue that there may be solutions that only God can understand defeats...
  4. K

    God's power

    Wow! I guess a guy can miss a lot when he goes out of town. First off, I'd like to weigh in on a few items: 1. Paraprakrti is not only ignoring parsimony, he is ignoring logic (sorry, no personal offense intended). Runt and Pah do adequate jobs of rebutting his arguments. 2. God is supposed to...
  5. K

    God's power

    -Corban Any of these "changing" truths are simultaneously "unchanging" truth. If I ask you "Are you sitting?" and you are, then you are sitting. Sure, you could then get up, but that wouldn't be changing the truth that you were sitting. By definition, all truths are unchanging. Perhaps you refer...
  6. K

    About these prophecies

    I concede I overlooked this point in my last post. You are correct, eating "curds and honey" refers to a Jewish tradition in which a young boy gets his first taste of Torah. Honey (and in some cases, curds) is applied to the Torah and the young boy gets to eat it (thus teaching him the lesson...
  7. K

    God's power

    You seem to be confused by the concept of instantaneous truth, so let's think of it another way. Suppose I ask you whether or not you liked ice cream at 9:32 A.M. on Jun 2, 2004. This is an eternal truth. No matter how much you like or dislike ice cream now, your affinity for ice cream at 9:32...
  8. K

    God's power

    Ummm... if truth and matter didn't need to be created, then what purpose does God serve? Also, you cannot "create the truth" that you like ice cream. Maybe when you were little you liked ice cream, but then you grew up and stopped liking it. But at any given instant, you either like it or you...
  9. K

    The rewards of incest

    Sounds like another biblical contradiction. Perhaps you should submit it to this site.
  10. K

    God's power

    I agree Sorry about the confusion; I was paraphrasing. To argue that God's love for us would compel him to create suffering so that we may appreciate joy and to create evil so that we may appreciate good is to argue that God's love is subjective. In this instance, "subjective" most nearly...
  11. K

    God's power

    Paraprakrti, we seem to agree that it is possible to create a universal model or metaphor in which God's actions are not in violation of the 2nd law of thermodynamics. But to what end? It still doesn't answer Corban's questions: if God is all powerful, can he break his own rules? Currently, I...
  12. K

    God's power

    I see. Then under your argument, Corban's paradox would fall under the category of ad absurdium. God would not break his own physical laws - not because he is unable to, but rather because he doesn't want to. Being as perfect as he is, God fashioned the physical laws so that he would never have...
  13. K

    God's power

    Errr... true creation? As opposed to fake or genuine imitation creation? Clearly I haven't been keeping up my studies of religious lore. Please expplain, LCMS Sprecher. In this case, the law of conservation of energy could still be made to apply, but not in the way that I think Paraprakrti is...
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    Death:Theists-1, Aethiests-0

    LCMS Sprecher, You seem to be very misinformed about the afterlife requirements for a number of religions, especially Christianity. In virtually all forms of Christianity you can only get into heaven if you believe in Christ - simply believing in a God won't do. In many forms of Christianity...
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    Only Atheists can be Truly Moral

    This depends on your form of Christianity. In some forms of Christianity, salvation is gained by accepting Jesus and by doing good works. In other forms of theism, such as Buddhism, Islam, and Judaism, salvation is gained almost exclusively through good works.
  16. K

    Which enenmy of the Christian Church are you?

    No surprise here...
  17. K

    Death:Theists-1, Aethiests-0

    Sounds like a reincarnation of Pascal's Wager. If you think about it carefully, atheists might actually be better off than theists. So suppose that Judaism is the true religion. In Judaism, those who doubt/deny God are bad and those who support other Gods are really bad. So the Jews (about 3%...
  18. K

    About these prophecies

    Well, yes; this would constitute a contradiction in the bible. One of many. Though not quite an Achilles heel. There's a database of them here; you might consider submitting this one. I'm not surprised that you were booted from other religious forums. Most such forums will not tolerate doubt in...
  19. K

    why are we here?

    Basically, yes. But you made it sound like a race ("gone, gone, gone"). Sorry if I offended you.
  20. K

    God's power

    You might enjoy reading the "Golden Compass" series by Phillip Pulman. It reflects a pantheistic view of God in which God's (or rather God's archetype's) primary function is to illuminate the truth. Your argument is a bit incoherent. It's a bit of a non-sequitor. Would you mind rephrasing the...
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